I knew the exuberance of playing before an admiring audience and hearing my secret voice.

I was not a collective person or a bohemian; I was an elitist.

The world was like a huge red carpet out ahead of me to be walked on. And it stretched on and on, no end.

What's called a difficult decision is a difficult decision because either way you go there are penalties.

The real challenge is not simply to survive. Hell, anyone can do that. It’s to survive as yourself, undiminished.

Look for the contradictions in every character, especially in your heroes and villains. No one should be what they first seem to be. Surprise the audience.

Take it from a director: if you get an actor that Sandy Meisner has trained, you've been blessed.

Whatever hysteria exists is inflamed by mystery, suspicion and secrecy. Hard and exact facts will cool it.

You've got to keep fighting; you've got to risk your life every six months to stay alive.

Wonder is our need today, not information.

The essence of the stage is concentration and penetration. Of the screen action, movement, sweep.

The sea never dries for it has so many friend

Emptiness is like air. It floats around unseen but you know it's there.

I'm a Catholic of the New Testament, I'm not a Catholic of the hierarchy.

Because dogs and cats still live in the original state of connectedness with Being, they can help us regain it. When we do so, however, that original state deepens and turns into awareness.

Being humble and sweet is the hardest thing you can do.

Pop stars should not eat.

I love you too much to say goodbye.

I'm not bad (his speed). I'm no Joe Morgan, but I'm pretty good for a white guy.

Each thing we see hides something else we want to see.

Hungry people have especially clear minds.